{"product_id":"2940000835937","title":"Autobiography of an Earthling: My Funky Spiritual Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is spiritual memoir at its finest, at once insightful, funny, honest and profoundly moving. But more, I am amazed how artfully, yet accurately, King manages to weave a literal treasure trove of important, hands-on spiritual knowledge into this deeply personal narrative. - Vincent Casspriano, Jr., author of \"The Simplest Path to Personal and Planetary Awakening: Free Your Mind\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[Begin Excerpt]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe final confirmation class meeting day arrived. Reverend Fire and Brimstone, having taught us everything he believed an 11 year old needed to know before making an informed lifetime commitment to the Methodist Church, now reminded us of the gravity of the choice before us, and opened the floor to questions. \"Final Questions...\" is the actual term I remember him using, as if we faced a firing squad, though my memory may be skewed on that one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA squeaky, quavering voice shattered the wall of silence around me. To my horror, I recognized it as my own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"So, um... Like, what would happen if, like, after you join the church and stuff, like, maybe as an adult, a person sort of, like, decided to change religions or something?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFire and Brimstone pressed his large hands together prayerfully and broke into a wide, patient smile. \"That's okay,\" he said, beaming. \"Good question, Jack. Say a person starts out a Methodist, and decides later to become a Presbyterian or a Baptist. That's okay, because we're all brothers in Christ. When people get married, for example, they often change denominations, so the husband and wife can attend the same church.\" He scanned the crowd of cowering middle school faces as if measuring our comprehension and blind acceptance of his statements. To my renewed horror, I felt my mouth opening again, heard words again splashing out like flat rocks breaking still water.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Okay, thanks, Reverend... But like, okay, what if someone, as a grown-up maybe, wanted to become something like, say, a Buddhist ...?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[End Excerpt]\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Paradigm Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47120767156464,"sku":"2940000835937","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940000835937_p0.jpg?v=1763546417","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940000835937","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}